Venus_Flytrap_showing_trigger_hairs Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date August 30, 2024 CategoriesBotanyEvolutionLife SciencesNeuroscience & MindPhilosophy Tagged , bacteria, cognition, consciousness, Edward Feser, eliminative materialism, evolution, folk psychology, glaciers, human consciousness, intelligence, Massimo Pigliucci, materialists, Monica Gagliano, Pandora’s box, Patricia Churchland, thought Plant Consciousness and the Darwinian Project Denyse O’Leary August 30, 2024 Botany, Evolution, Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy 5 The forces Darwinism unleashed were surely bound to head in this direction. It was only a matter of time. Read More ›
weeds Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date January 14, 2019 CategoriesBioethicsBotanyHuman Exceptionalism Tagged , __k-review, Argentina, autotrophs, brains, environmentalists, humans, insects, microbes, Monica Gagliano, Natalie Angier, New York Times, orangutan, pain, peas, persons, plant rights, radicals, Switzerland, trees, University of Western Australia, weeds Another Push for Plant “Rights” Wesley J. Smith January 14, 2019 Bioethics, Botany, Human Exceptionalism 2 There is increasing wind in the sails of everything-deserves-rights advocacy. Read More ›